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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Two Shot In Uptown Strip Mall Thursday Afternoon (For One Victim, It's His Second Shooting Since December)

Police at the scene of this afternoon's shooting in Uptown. | Mark Lukas

Two known gang members were shot in an Uptown parking lot on Thursday afternoon, police said. It’s the second time one of the men has been shot since December.

Witnesses said seven to ten shots were fired from a black Toyota Corolla just before 4:30 p.m., striking the two men as they stood in a strip mall parking lot at 4554 North Magnolia. The car was last seen heading northbound on Magnolia.

A 19-year-old man who suffered gunshot wounds to his groin and leg was in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said. A 21-year-old who was shot in the buttocks was also taken to Masonic, but police did not release his condition.